[HTML][HTML] FAK-mediated signaling controls amyloid beta overload, learning and memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

B Saleh, KD Srikanth, T Sneh, L Yue, S Pelech… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The non-receptor focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is highly expressed in the central nervous
system during development, where it regulates neurite outgrowth and axon guidance, but its …

[HTML][HTML] FAK family kinases in brain health and disease

KD Srikanth, T Meirson, DS Sams… - Journal of Molecular and …, 2018 - imrpress.com
Brain disorders are now identified as one of the largest and costliest health risks throughout
human life. While most brain disorders are not life threatening per se, their chronic and …

[HTML][HTML] Focal adhesion kinase negatively regulates neuronal insulin resistance

A Gupta, B Bisht, CS Dey - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a non-receptor protein kinase, is known to be a phosphatidyl
inositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway activator and thus widely implicated in regulation of cell …

Focal adhesion kinase regulates neuronal growth, synaptic plasticity and hippocampus-dependent spatial learning and memory

FJ Monje, EJ Kim, DD Pollak, M Cabatic, L Li, A Baston… - Neurosignals, 2012 - karger.com
The focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase abundantly expressed in
the mammalian brain and highly enriched in neuronal growth cones. Inhibitory and …

The diverse roles and multiple forms of focal adhesion kinase in brain

BG Armendáriz, MM Masdeu, E Soriano… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Although it was originally characterized as a constituent of focal adhesions in fibroblasts,
focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is now considered to be not only a mediator of adhesion …

Protein kinase C and F‐actin are essential for stimulation of neuronal FAK tyrosine phosphorylation by G‐proteins and amyloid beta protein

C Zhang, HE Qiu, GA Krafft, WL Klein - FEBS letters, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a protein tyrosine kinase implicated in signal transduction
pathways for integrins, neuropeptides, and lysophosphatidic acid. FAK, first discovered in …

[HTML][HTML] Focal adhesions regulate Aβ signaling and cell death in Alzheimer's disease

J Caltagarone, Z Jing, R Bowser - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 2007 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that results from a loss of synaptic
transmission and ultimately cell death. The presenting pathology of AD includes neuritic …

FAK signaling in neoplastic disorders: a linkage between inflammation and cancer

NN Mon, S Ito, T Senga… - Annals of the New York …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase, is frequently
overexpressed in various tumors and its expression shows good correlation with the …

[HTML][HTML] αν and β1 integrins mediate Aβ-induced neurotoxicity in hippocampal neurons via the FAK signaling pathway

HY Han, JP Zhang, SQ Ji, QM Liang, HC Kang… - PLoS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
αν and β1 integrins mediate Aβ–induced neurotoxicity in primary hippocampal neurons. We
treated hippocampal neurons with 2.5 µg/mL 17E6 and 5 µg/mL ab58524, which are specific …

Role of proline‐rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2) in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

R Kumar, V Tiwari, S Dey - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, is the most
common form of dementia in the elderly. Two major pathological hallmarks have been …